Capital Development Authority (CDA) Traffic Engineering Director announced on Wednesday that the much awaited Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus project would be launched in November.
The federal government has allocated Rs 30 billion for the project, he added.
The official said that the Asian Development Bank’s Cities Development Initiative Asia (CDIA) Department has already completed the project’s pre-feasibility study.
He informed that the final feasibility report would be completed by next month and tenders would soon be floated in the international media to invite bidding for establishing the transport system.
A senior CDA official choosing to remain anonymous said that the mass transit system issue was taken up by the CDA board in a meeting on Monday. He said that the CDA through its own resources could not manage a practical transport service, so it decided to link the project with Rawalpindi to avail the Punjab government’s assistance.
He added that the CDA was encouraged to reach this decision due to the success of Lahore’s bus service.
The CDA would also engage the Punjab government for a fleet of 50 buses.
The official also said that a recommendations report on the transport project’s finances and administration has been submitted for approval before the CDA board.
Meanwhile, he said, the CDA’s Planning Wing has marked out bus stop locations in the capital city for the project.
Further, the source maintained that the CDA had repeatedly announced a mass transit solution, but had not been able to launch a project duet o paucity of funds.
“However, now, the authority’s dream has come true as the federal government has allocated a hefty fund for this project,” he added.
However, it is not clear yet whether the federal or Punjab government would bear the cost of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus project.
IS THIS IS A PRIORITY? I THOUGHT THE HOSPITALS NEEDED LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT
Well all areas need to developed already their is medical equipment but not trained experts who use them properly and without damaging them and in some hospitals we have excessive equipment,
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